Safety razor



W. J. MOORE SAFETY RAZOR Sept. 14 1926;

Filed Jan. 6, 1925 Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

STATES WILLIAM J. MOORE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed January 6, 1925. Serial No. 890.

The object of my invention is to rovide a construction of safety razorof t e Gillette type which in what I now consider the most satisfactoryembodiment of my invention combines the advantages ofsafety from risk ofcutting the flesh without impairment of shaving qualities; of takingcare of lather removed while shaving; of adjustment for close shaving;and of having the weight that is desirable in a razor. Of course, myinvention may be embodied in forms in which all the named advantagesmay. not be combined. My invention consists in whatever is described byor is included within the terms or scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View with partsbroken away the better to illustrate the construction of a safety razorembodying my invention 5 FigT'Q is a-transverse section.

My invention as is usual with Gillette razors is embodied in a structurewhich includes the flexible LL blade, 10, theouter concavo-convex bladeclamping plate, 11, the inner concave-convex blade supporting plate,12-,which, however, has the special construction hereinafter described, andthe detachable screw connected handle, 13.

The inner blade supporting plate, 12, is projected beyond each of thecutting edges of the blade being arched in a curve outward and downwardand such arched portion is formed .into teeth, 14, by parallel slits,and preferably the teeth at their ends are united by what in effect is abar, 15, so that the skin or flesh is not engaged by r the sharp teethbut by an extendedsmooth surface. Such bar, 15, has the furtheradvantage that it adds desirable weight to the razor. However, Icontemplate embodying my invention in a construction in which no barwill be used but the ends of the teeth will be free. At each end of therow of teeth is a similar arched finger, 16. these fingers being spacedapart a distance somewhat greater than the length of the blade edge sothat the blade at the ends or corners will rest upon such fingers andnot project beyond the same and hence the danger of cutting or gashingthe flesh which exists when the end corners of the blade are exposed isavoided. Again as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 the blade edge engagingsurface of the finger, 16, is slightly higher than the adjacent surfaceof the teeth, 14,

so that the entire'edge of the blade from end to end is out of contactwith the teeth and hence the entire cutting edge of the blade isavailable for shaving. Of course, the degree of separation of the bladeedge from the teeth while ample for the purpose stated is not sufiicientto cause risk of cutting in shaving. The end fingers, 16, are flexibleor yieldable enough so that they may be bent up or down to regulate thespace between the cutting edge of the blade and the teeth and thusenables adjustment of the closeness of the shave. If desired one edge ofthe blade may thus be adjusted for a closer shave than the other edge ofthe blade and the razor kept permanently in that condition or there maybe adjustment from time to time.

While my invention is preferably embodied .in a razor of the Gillettetype employing the double edge blade I, of course, do not limit myselfto that embodiment.

The arched sides of the guard plate form a pocket or-basket to trap andhold the lather during shaving.

What I claim is:

1. A safety razor having a guard plate for the cutting edge of theblade, such plate comprising blade supporting fingers at the ends, andteeth between such fingers, such fingers being joined to hold them fromrelative movement, and the end fingers being bendable independently ofsaid intermediate. fingers in a direction transversely of the .bladeedge to vary the spacing of the edge from such intermediate fingers.

2. A safety razor as in -claim 1 in. which the end fingers are spacedfrom the adjacent intermediate fingers by a slot longer than the slotsbetween adjacent intermediate fingers. 1

3. A safety razor as in claim 1 in which the intermediate fingers arejoined at their gxtrcmities by a continuous flesh engaging &. A safetyrazor as in claim 1 in which the length of the guard plate is greaterthan the length of the cutting edge of the blade, and the blade at itsends rests in contact with the end fingers.

lln testimony whereof I hereunto affix'my signature,

WILLIAM J. MQURE.

